Royal weddings

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An official wedding photo showing Albert, Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon -- the future George VI and Queen Elizabeth -- with their parents, the Count and Countess of Strathmore, King George V and Queen Mary on April 26, 1923.

An official wedding photo showing Albert, Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon -- the future George VI and Queen Elizabeth -- with their parents, the Count and Countess of Strathmore, King George V and Queen Mary on April 26, 1923. (Matthew Polak / Corbis)

The wedding on April 26, 1923, of Albert, Duke of York, and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later to become King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of England after the abdication of King Edward VIII in 1936.

The wedding on April 26, 1923, of Albert, Duke of York, and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later to become King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of England after the abdication of King Edward VIII in 1936. (Hulton-Deutsch Collection / CORBIS)